Featured Dive Sites in the Gili Islands
Featured Dive Sites in the Gili Islands
Ideal for all level. Its stunning coral reef extends from 5 down to 24 meters along the north side of Gili Trawangan. In the shallow water you can find beautiful hard corals leading to a selection of soft corals as you dive down deeper until you reach a series of gullies at the bottom.
The chance of seeing Hawksbill turtles hanging around in the shallow water is quite high. And there's a lot more to see as you go further down. The gullies at the bottom of the slope provide you with beautiful coral gardens as well as a big variety of underwater animals to observe.
Beside the stunning coral gardens and all the different kind of fish., Halik also provides divers with the possibility to do drift diving thanks to steady currents.
can be a rewarding site to complete your Open Water or Advanced training as its amazing when the conditions are right.
A soft coral reef at 8 meters follows the north side of Gili Trawangan before sloping down to 18 meters. Following the ridges all the way down to 30 meters, divers have an excellent chance of seeing black and white tip reef sharks and blue-spotted rays
The deep ridges at the site are characterised by a striking display of Sea Fans, Giant Barrel Sponges, Sea Whips, and stony corals.
Often done as a drift dive, Shark Point has something to offer all levels of diover. As one of the most requested dive sites, it rarely disappoints.
A perfect dive site for the more experienced diver, with an average depth of 25 meters.
A sandy bottom with beautiful coral covered pinnacles, Deep Turbo offers a fantastic chance of spotting some bigger fish life, including the occasional Manta Ray, Eagle Ray, Reef Sharks, or Giant Trevally. On an average day, you could encounter Barracuda, Tuna, Triggerfish, Snapper, Stingrays, and Garden Eels between the coral patches. If you have a keen eye, you may even find the elusive Pygmy Seahorse hiding in the huge sea fans.
Particularly good on a medium current day, you can drift along, casually cruising from one deep ridge to the next, taking in everything this special dive sites has to offer. we certainly can't get enough of it.
Situated on the North East side of Gili Meno, a short 10 minute boat ride from Gili Trawangan. With numerous cleaning stations around the pinnacle, the site certainly lives up to its name. Countless Hawksbill and Green Turtles flock to Turtle Heaven to get cleaned by numerous species of cleaner fish.
Great for divers of any level, conditions at the site are usually calm. Scrolling fish and hunting Bluefin Trevally provide a spectacular show as you float over the edge of the pinnacle.
This is also an excellent site to spot Nudibranch and Pipefish.
Mirkos Reef (aka Secret Reef) is a long sea mound stretching along the east side of Gili Meno. A beautiful deep dive, famous for its stunning coral gardens.
Descending onto this panoramic reef covered in an array of colorful sea fans, sponges, and healthy abudance of hard and soft corals, divers will find the colours and shapes here amongst their favourite of the Gili islands.
Secret Reef is suitable for all levels of divers and a must for certified deep divers, as one of the few sites with depths of 30+ meters. With schooling fusillier and snappers overhead, divers should also look out for rays, reef sharks, frogfish, and turtles. You could also spot a pygmy seahorse hiding in the sea fans.
Located north of the Gili Islands, Simon's Reef is a deep site for more experienced divers, with a variety of corals not seen on other dive sites. Canyons stretch across the sandy bottom with massive coral bommies ranging in size, providing an interesting variety of overhangs and outcrops.
The large Gorgonian Fans and enormous Barrel Sponges spread across the site make everything seem larger than life. Channeling currents bring large and varying species of schooling fish suc as Snapper, Trevally, and Tuna as you drift through some of the healthiest and most diverse corals in the Gilis.
Is a perfect site for all levels of divers. The shallow part of the site, located on the northwest corner sarts at 5m, dropping down past a vertical wall to a sandy bottom around 25m.
With lots of healthy corals that provide shelter, the reef hosts a wide variety of colourful life.groupers and sweetlips hang out at the bottom of the wall, nd you'll come across snapper, clownfish, parrotfish, butterfly fish, and scorpionfish dotted around the wall as you drift by.
Also keep an eye out for our favourite locals, as you'll often find turtles lazing on top of the reef catching a nap in the midday sun.
Located on the west coast of Gili Meno, the Bounty Wreck once a floating platform that sank in 1999. It is now an artificial reef that lies at 18m and rises up to 8m, offering an exceptional site for divers of all level.
With corals growing in abundance all over the wreck, the site offers a shelter for many species of marine life. Angelfish, pipefish, groupers, sweetlips, and schooling fusiliers. you'll also find lionfish, scorpionfish and frogfish hiding amongst the cervices.
Beyond the wreck, divers can explore a coral ridge extending from 12m to 20m, as well as coral bommies scattered across the ocean floor, some of which are home to countless fry taking shelter.
Glen Nusa situated along the flat sandy bottom between Halik and Shark Point, a relative site in Gilis.
Originally a tug boat, the wreck was cleaned and sunk in collaboration between GIDA and the Gili Eco Trust to create an artificial reef that has become a habitat for an abudance of fish and growing corals.
Resting at 28 meters and rising up to 22 meters, the site offers the perfect opportunity for Adventure Deep dives, as well as wreck specialties.
Residents: Sweetlips, batfish, white and black tip sharks, humphead parrotfish.
Artificial reef structures, set up to regenerate and populate damaged reef, and increase the biodiversity or marine life.
Low voltage currents pass through these steel structures resulting in the accumulation of limestone. That in turn become perfect substrate for hard coral growth. This process allows faster production rates and healing time for stony corals, as well as higher survival rates from bleaching events.
Residents: Juvenille reef fish, scorpionfish, lionfish, damsels, butterflyfish, triggerfish, trumpetfish
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